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Cigar Case.

Patented Jan. 15, 1867,

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MYER MYERS, v MAURICE ERS, AND WILLIAM HILL, OF BIRMINGHAM, EN GLAN D'.

Letters Patent No. 61,234, dated January 15,1867.

APPARATUS POR THE USE v0I' SMOKERS.

T0 ALL TO'WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Beit known that we, MER MYRS and MAURICE MYERS, trading underV the styleor firm of MYERS SSSON,

`steel-pen manufacturers, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick,England, and WILLIAM HIhL, manager to the said firm, also of Birminghamaforesaid, have invented new or improved Apparatus and Appliances forthe Use of Smokers in general, lparts of which may be used forother-useful purposes, andjthat the following is a full, clear, and`exact description of the principle or character which distinguishesitfrom all other things before known, and oi' the usual manner ofmaking, modifying, and using the saule.

Our invention consists ofan improved cutter forcutt'ng off the draughtends of cigars, and in combining (when required),with the said lcnttingappliances a combined stiletto and cigar-holder, the Whole forming onecombined instrument.

W'e form the cutter 'of two short pieces of circular, oval, orrectangular tubing, partially sliding one over the other, made4 bypreference of thin sheet steel, gilt, electro-plated, or otherwisefinished. The vsaid pieces may be held by a spring joint en eaehsde,lthe cutting-edges-being between them, or the two tubular partsmaybe elongated andvheld .on telescopic extension by an elastic. band,spring, Vor other like appliances for extending the tube,therebypreSentin'g an orifice foruied through both tubes in suitableposition for receiving the 'end of the cigar, when, by pressing-the endsof the pieces of tubing together, the cutting-edgeswill be broughttogether, and the end of the cigar-severed, the tubes expanding again bythe means used, and removal of the pressure of the thumb and finger ofthe user; but thetwo parts may be held together by a spring det-entformed out of the saine, Aor by the addition of a spring for thatpurpose. The tubular cutter thus formed pro-r vides a receptacle for thecombined stiletto or probe and cigar-holder, which we lpurpose formingof a small piece of tube, with a solid point, or otherwise, applied tothe same; and by forming a slot in the tubular portion of the shank ofthestiletto for receiving 'an elastic connection for connecting itto a.button or end piece, it" will havel the quality, by the contractingforce of the elastic material,of holding the stiletto perpendicularly'von the button or end, or at right angles. Thus, in the foruierposition, it may be used as a probe for probing or clearingout the holelin thel bowl cfa pipe, or probing a cigar, by extending the end of th-eelastic connection, (which we prefer beingof double mate-rink) it willform a loop, and thereby provide a neat holder for holding the shortendof a cigar, by being clipped and held von the end or base of' the.stiletto. 'lhe stiletto, with its attendant part, (the button,) may beused for other purposes, such .as for holding together in a vcigar ortobacco pouch, cigarette papers, and inA like manner may be usedforholding together a few letters orother papers, in `which case thestiletto has only to be passed thr'ough the papers, and turned at vrightangles to the base of the .button (easily effected by the Aexpanding andcontracting force of the connection,) when the Said papers may be held,changed, or agaiuapplie'd with great convenience and security. Thetubular cutters we purpose also usiug'with the detent as a portableconnection for bandsrand straps.

But in order to be more fully understood as to the natureand object ofour said invention, wc will proceed to describe the same by aid of thedrawings hereunto annexed, reference being made to 'the figures andletters marked thereon.

' Description of Drawings.

Figures I and 2 represent, in front andside' View, the top or expandingpart of-our improved cigar-cutter. a'a are side slots forcontrolling'its range of action by means ofv a pin hereafter to bereferred to. I is ,a spring for retainingthe cutter in a compressedstate when out of use, as will be also hereafter referred to. c is ametal end or cap, .which'may bepused or not, as desired.` Y

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional viewof a cigar-cutter, with theinternal expanding tubular part exhibited separate at hg. 1, applied,thatI .is to say'connected, to the lower or outer tubular part by meansof the pin e,

which, passing through the outer tube -and through the slots a a of theinner one, connects the two together. vWe

haverepresented the pin with alittle knob at one end and a loop or holeat the other, for receiving, when desired, the ringf, here shown, withthe stiletto c attached by an elastic cord".V In the upper part of thelinner tube we place a small helical Vspring for the purpose of keepingtheinner and `outertube in a state of expansion.

i .Figure 4 is longitudinal section .of v-our improved cigar-cutterdrawn in a position at right angles with iig.

met; 2.

3.. In this view the' cutting-edge of the top tube' and the cutting-edgeof the lower tube g are' exhibited sui- ;ciently ,apart to permit theinsertion of the end of a cigar, as here represented in dottedlines,.andthen a slight pressure of the linger and thumb applied atc h will besuilicient to press down the inner tube, and thereby bring thecutting-edges together for effecting this object; and .when itisdesired, for the sake of compactnffss, that thetwo tubes shall beheldin a compressed position, the free en d of the .spring b catchesinto an aperture in the lower tube, and holds the two in that positionuntil :freed by the application of the thumb-nail of the user,

when required. In the section, tig. 3, corresponding with the metal. capc, we'have applieda metal base, marked zA', but omitted at fig.v 4, asits use is entirely'capricious. Sometimes we prefer attaching orconnecting a lstiletto to the cigar-cutter, as before referred to andexhibited at lig. 3, in order that the same may be used for probing acigar or clearing out the hole of a pipe, in which case the sliiettolmaybeattached Vby'a small bit of elastic,

or otherwise, 'to the ringf, or fitted to the cap c by passing downconcentrically through it .and the 'helical spring.` Thisstilcttowepurpose makingpfor ylightness and simplicity, of thin sheetsteel, with small gores removed from it, that the points may be broughttogether, as exhibited-at Figure 5. The advantage derived fromthe-stiletto being made hollow or tubular-is, that it permits of a smallsingle or double elastic cord being` inserted for connecting thestilettoc to the top c or ringf, as exhibited. This permits the stiletto to bepassed through cigaretteor other papers,land then placed at rightangles, as exhibited at Figure 6,l the cigarette papers bcingreprcsentedin dotted lines marked Z l; and at Figure 7 we have represented thestiletto forming a cigarholde, the latter being shown in position,marked m, and'retained'by the contracting force of the elastic materialconnecting the stiletto I: with the cap 5;- and this adaptation weA haveshown at lFigure 8, in which view the slot, exhibited at iig. 5, markedn n, ('i'or'permitting the stiletto'- to be placed at right angles tothe cap c,as exhibited at fig.l 6,) is shown. At Figure 9 we haveexhibited a general cigar and tobacco` pouch, showing the cigarettepapers retained in' the case by the. stiletto passing first through aneyeleted hole in the ease, then through the papers, and afterwardsplaced at rightfangles `for retaining them in that position, butpermitting the papers 4to be readily removed as required; and thus, inlike-manner, the same mode of holding together cigarette papers may beapplied forthe holding together of a few letters or other papers thatmay be desired to be connected. At the other end of this department ofthe case we'have exhibited our cigar-cutter, with an additional outerand lower metallic case applied, which, by means of'small stops formedatp p, permits the-additional tube y to be turnedh'alt"round, therebycovering'overor exposing the apertureandcutting-edges, as exhibited .atiig. 4; I but the use of this additional tube is not essential to ourinvention. The. saine principle of retention described in figs. 1, 2, 3,and 4 may also be applied for the fastening of cigars and tobaccopouches, or otherv like cases, or straps, as exhibited at r, iig..9,.which represents a short rectangular pieceof tube, with an openor`unsoldered joint or otherwise at .the back, with small semicircular freeparts,lfron1 the same metal, bent out and pierced for reccivin'grivetsby which the same may be united to the case, as exhibited at e, to whichan elasticstrap is attached; 'to the free endo? which ,we attach asmaller rectangular tube, with a spring, u, equivalent to the spring I),1igs.'1 and 2, by'which means the smaller rectangular tube u isconnected to the larger one fixed to the case marked r. We haveexhibited this mode of connection lpartly attached at Figurev 10 and indetached edge views at Figures 11 and 1,2. The rectangular form of `suchfastenings is necessaryVv when used as here represented; but 'forconnectinground thong or other straps, `s'uch as are used for ladies orgentlemens satchels,'we prefer adopting the-same as exhibited at figs. 1and 3, notwithstanding they maybe of an octagnal, polygonal, oriotherforlnvin their'trans'verse sectiornbut havev exhibited the circular formfor this kindof fastenings at Figure 13,`and separately at Figures 14and 15; the connectionin this case being formed by the spring-b engagingitself` at w.

Having thus described the nature and purposeof .our invention, and themanner in which the same may be carried into eli`ect,vwe wish itunderstood that while we recommend the tubular or sliding portion of ourinvention to be made of thin sheet or pen steel,` which will adinit ofbeing lgilt or 'otherwise ornamented, never. thelessiothermetals maybeused in their manufacture; .nor dovwe'purpose confining ourselves to anyparticular shape or form of the sliding parts in their transversesection, but We believe the circular form to be the simplest and thebest, both for economyand pro-duction, v

ut what we claim, and wish to protect under United States LettersPatent, s-p- The sliding cutting-edges,A delined as d and g, and theconnecting of the samewith a stiletto andmeans for expanding and holdingthe parts in position, substantially in the manner and for thepurposesset forth.

' i MfYER vMYERS, Witnesses-1 MAURICE MYERS,

JAMES S.Coex1Nes, WILLIAM' HILL.

